26 August 2021: Clinical Research
Factors Associated with Age-Related Changes in Non-Smoking Urban Men and Women in China Determined by Low-Dose Computed Tomography Imaging
Shujing Li 1ABCDEFG , Yaguang Li 1BCDEF , Meibao Kong 1BCD , Chenguang Zhang 1BCD , Yulan Geng 2CDE , Mengyue Sun 1BCD , Li He 1BC , Shengnan Li 1BEF , Huaijun Liu 3ABCDEF*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.931006
Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e931006
Table 3 Analyses of tracheal calcification score and distribution in different sex groups, tracheal segments, and age groups.
| Variable | Calcification score | Calcification distribution | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Segment | Group | PW with Ca | PW without Ca | |
| M | 7.101±2.287 | 193 (15.20%) | 1079 (84.80%) | ||
| F | 5.968±2.314 | 157 (16.90%) | 770 (83.10%) | ||
| Value | F=43.485 | χ=11.246 | |||
| 0.264 | |||||
| M | Upper | 2.380±0.933 | 24 (5.70%) | 400 (94.30%) | |
| Middle | 2.651±0.845 | 121 (28.50%) | 303 (71.50%) | ||
| Lower | 2.071±0.808 | 48 (11.30%) | 376 (88.70%) | ||
| Value | H=83.293 | χ=93.540 | |||
| F | Upper | 1.821±0.864 | 27 (8.70%) | 282 (91.30%) | |
| Middle | 2.328±0.900 | 91 (29.40%) | 218 (70.60%) | ||
| Lower | 1.838±0.831 | 39 (12.60%) | 270 (87.40%) | ||
| Value | H=61.185 | χ=53.247 | |||
| M | 1 | 3.880±1.173 | 12 (9.50%) | 114 (90.50%) | |
| 2 | 5.000±1.328 | 31 (13.40%) | 200 (86.60%) | ||
| 3 | 6.840±1.545 | 27 (11.10%) | 216 (88.90%) | ||
| 4 | 7.720±1.494 | 22 (9.40%) | 212 (90.60%) | ||
| 5 | 8.510±1.590 | 34 (15.30%) | 188 (84.70%) | ||
| 6 | 9.400±1.381 | 67 (31.00%) | 149 (69.00%) | ||
| Value | H=256.941 | χ=54.987 | |||
| F | 1 | 2.880±1.258 | 19 (14.70%) | 110 (85.30%) | |
| 2 | 3.650±1.062 | 19 (13.20%) | 125 (86.80%) | ||
| 3 | 5.620±1.086 | 20 (13.30%) | 130 (86.70%) | ||
| 4 | 6.530±1.239 | 14 (9.20%) | 139 (90.80%) | ||
| 5 | 7.170±1.177 | 20 (11.30%) | 157 (88.70%) | ||
| 6 | 8.760±1.247 | 65 (37.40%) | 109 (62.60%) | ||
| Value | H=235.640 | χ=65.429 | |||
| M | 4.605±1.379 | 70 (11.70%) | 530 (88.30%) | ||
| ≥40y | 8.075±1.775 | 123 (18.30%) | 549 (81.70%) | ||
| Value | U=33939.000 | χ=10.848 | |||
| 0.001 | |||||
| F | 3.286±1.214 | 58 (13.70%) | 365 (86.30%) | ||
| ≥40y | 7.087±1.648 | 99 (19.60%) | 405 (80.40%) | ||
| Value | U=19276.000 | χ2=5.751 | |||
| 0.016 | |||||
| PW with Ca – posterior wall with calcification; PW without Ca – posterior wall without calcification; a–f – there is no statistical difference between groups with the same letter in the subscript. | |||||